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    3. 住み込む

    住み込む

    住すみ​込こむ​

    to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.)

    KMT10News #39+1Verb, IntransitiveHome & HousingKanji Vocab17 strokes

    住みこむ住込む

    すみこむ

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.), to live in, to become a live-in employee, to become a resident (of an institution)

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    彼かの女じょは住すみ込こみで家か政せい婦ふとして働はたらいています。

    She works as a live-in housekeeper.

    KMT8Home & HousingWork & Career
    料りょう理りの修しゅ行ぎょうのため、彼かれは師し匠しょうの家いえに住すみ込こむことになった。

    To train in cooking, he ended up living in his master's house.

    KMT10Work & CareerEducationHome & Housing
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、丁でっ稚ちぼ奉う公こうとして商しょう家かに住すみ込こみ、働はたらきながら技ぎ術じゅつを学まなぶのが一いっ般ぱん的てきでした。

    In old Japan, it was common for apprentices to live and work in merchant houses, learning skills while working.

    KMT10HistoryWork & CareerHome & Housing
    寮りょうに住すみ込こむことで、家や賃ちんを節せつ約やくし、学がく業ぎょうに専せん念ねんできる。

    By living in the dormitory, you can save on rent and focus on your studies.

    KMT10Home & HousingEducation
    遠えん隔かく地ちでのプロジェクトのため、彼かれはしばらく現げん場ばに住すみ込こむことになった。

    Due to a project in a remote area, he had to live on-site for a while.

    KMT10Work & CareerHome & Housing

    Characters that make up this word

    住
    す.む・す.まう・-ず.まい…(6)
    dwell・reside・live・inhabit
    Kanji
    込
    -こ.む・こ.む・こ.み・-こ.み・こ.める…(2)
    crowded・mixture・in bulk・included・(kokuji)
    Kanji
    み
    mi
    Kana
    む
    mu
    Kana
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